Noah Lyles set a meet record of 19.65 seconds to win the 200m with ease at Saturday’s Diamond League meet in Paris.
The previous record of 19.73 belonged to Usain Bolt.
Still to come in the meet: the conclusion of a triple jump thriller between Christian Taylor and Will Claye, and a showdown in the men’s 110m hurdles.
Running out of lane 6, Lyles quickly made up the stagger on France’s Christophe Lemaitre and remained several meters ahead of world champion Ramil Guliyev of Turkey, who finished in 20.